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I really hate nicknames

Posted by Anonymous

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I can not stand nicknames. My little brother is Gregory my dad called him little Greg but I refused and have always called him Gregory. My ds is named Damien I picked it for one because there is no nickname to it. I'm pregnant with a little girl and was going to name her Sophia again because there is no nickname for it but instead dh's family kept calling her Sophie which really pissed me off because for one I don't like it and two or is a completely different name. Well now we have changed it to liliana which does have a nickname of lily unfortunately. I was talking to sil the other day and told her off the name change and she basically outright said she wasn't going to call my daughter by her name. Ugh idk what to do

Dont worry about it. In the end your child will decide what they want to be calls. For all you know she will grow up and only be called lily. Pick a name you like and call her it. Dont worry about what other people do.

MIL had a nick name for DS that was completely different then his actual name. I wasn't a fan, but DS grew to love it. It became their little thing between each other. She has since passed away. DS still talks about how she used to call him that name and he is so happy when he talks about it. I would never want to take away that special thing they had over something so petty.

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